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You are watching Hot Cities: Feed the World Season 2 Episode 12

In Senegal a succession of droughts has crippled the country’s food production. Farmers must find new crop varieties to cope better with climate change or else the population will face starvation. Scientists at the Africa Rice Centre have already identified heat and salt resistant strains of rice, but government support is crucial to success.

• On site 03 March 2010
• Air date 03 March 2010
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TV Series — World in 3

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Keywords

• Senegal,
• West Africa,
• Environment,
• Feed the world,
• environment,
• food